First 2500k OC - Confused/concerned by results

Soldato
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First off, i used these settings for my OC except i decided to make my first attempt at 4.2ghz. Also there was no XMP1.3 setting for me and my RAM is rated at 1.35V.

To get a quick idea of temps and what not i ran IBT for runs.

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What concerns me is that the hottest core reached 71c with a Noctua NH-D14 (albeit with the ultra low noise adapter) and 2 case intake fans and 2 case exhaust fans (top and rear).

What confuses me is the vcore. When i first can coretemp on stock settings it read the VID as something like 1.19v (which seemed low?) but during the test it was changed from between 1.37 and 1.39 when i thought VID was a constant number.

Secondly, i set the vcore in the bios at 1.30v but as you can see from the screenshots both CPU-Z and AXTU are showing a vcore of around 1.2 with occasionally dropping lower.

My questions are basically a) whats going on with my vcore and b) if it was running at only 1.2ish is a 71c temp kinda high?

Thanks
 
Temps do seem a little high for an NH-D14 @4.2/1.2v.

VID is as far as I know constant based on clock speed and core usage, mine floats between 1.37 and 1.38 under load, occasionally making my offset jump from 1.312v to 1.32v. I wouldn't worry too much about the hot core either, seems to be a common trend on SB, you'll probably find your package temp is around 67c.
 
In my bios should i set it to Fixed Voltage or Offset Voltage (i think that was the other choice)?

Thanks

p.s Hope you enjoy Trackmania 2 :)
 
My VID fluctuated between 1.25 v to 1.3611 v even @ idle .
Earlier today Core Temp reported my Frequency as 303.3 X 44 ^^ so probably just not reporting VID correctly as well.
I just ignore it & look @ Core Voltage in CPU-Z.
 
Its upto you if you want fixed or offset, fixed will leave your vcore at said voltage all the time, offset will set a reduced voltage under speedstep. your offset is -/+ from your VID, its probably the more popular option.

Yeah loving TM2 so far! moved up 20,000 ranked places already :p
 
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